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Table 13_1_1-7

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 13_1_1.7Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007 and 2008

2008

2007

State

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Alabama

64.0

1.3

64.3

1.5

Arizona

55.8

0.7

57.1

1.1

Arkansas

59.0

2.2

62.7

3.1

California

56.1

0.4

57.2

0.7

Colorado

60.9

1.0

63.3

1.8

Connecticut

66.1

1.6

66.9

2.5

Delaware

59.9

3.7

63.4

10.7

District of Columbia

48.9

5.8

55.5

4.7

Florida

61.4

0.5

62.9

0.7

Georgia

59.7

1.6

63.1

1.9

Hawaii

59.1

1.6

60.1

2.0

Idaho

57.3

2.1

57.3

2.3

Illinois

60.8

1.1

61.1

1.4

Indiana

64.9

1.2

65.4

1.8

Iowa

62.7

2.2

56.5

6.3

Kansas

64.3

2.7

67.9

1.9

Kentucky

63.1

1.5

62.9

1.8

Louisiana

56.1

1.4

62.4

1.9

Maine

65.3

2.7

65.8

2.7

Maryland

56.1

1.7

57.5

1.8

Massachusetts

66.3

0.9

68.2

1.6

Michigan

66.4

1.4

64.7

1.7

Minnesota

62.1

0.9

64.8

1.5

Mississippi

57.7

4.6

DNC

DNC

Missouri

63.1

1.0

64.1

1.5

Montana

60.6

4.7

59.4

2.5

Nebraska

66.3

2.2

66.0

2.2

Nevada

47.0

1.2

59.3

2.5

New Jersey

61.6

1.1

64.8

1.6

New Mexico

55.2

1.6

57.6

1.8

New York

62.2

0.5

64.6

0.7

North Carolina

65.1

1.4

66.2

1.9

Ohio

64.7

0.7

66.4

1.1

Oklahoma

60.1

1.7

65.2

1.9

Oregon

59.3

0.8

59.4

1.1

Pennsylvania

63.7

0.5

65.6

0.7

Puerto Rico

59.2

0.7

65.5

1.1

Rhode Island

63.1

1.6

67.7

2.1

South Carolina

61.0

3.0

DNC

DNC

South Dakota

56.9

3.4

DNC

DNC

Tennessee

65.7

1.1

65.0

1.6

Texas

59.3

0.7

61.3

1.0

Utah

57.8

1.7

56.6

1.7

Virginia

58.8

2.9

62.4

2.9

Washington

62.1

1.1

63.8

1.6

West Virginia

66.6

1.8

69.7

2.7

Wisconsin

64.7

1.2

66.7

1.4

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.